Conversation: 607-010
Prev: 607-009 Next: 607-011Start Date: 29-Oct-1971 10:46 AM
End Date: 29-Oct-1971 11:00 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Blount, Winton M. ("Red"), Jr.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:12:56
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:27:38
NARA Description:
On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 11:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 607-10
Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 10:46 am - 11:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Winton M. (“Red”) Blount and Alexander P. Butterfield; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of this meeting.
Alabamians
Post Office
-Board of Governors appointments
-Confirmation hearings
-Hiram L. Fong
-Gale W. McGee
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Fong
-Blount's previous conversations with Bryce N. Harlow
-Harlow's possible conversation with Fong
-Fortune 500
-Butterfield's forthcoming conversation with Harlow
-The President’s instructions
-Partisanship
-Blount’s view
-Status
-Employment
-Amount of mail delivered
-Blount's replacement
-Blount's previous meeting with Robert V. Hansberger
-Hansberger
-The President’s view
-Requirements
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 607-10 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 15s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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US Senate
-John J. Sparkman
-Age
-Appearance
-The President’s view
-Health
-Effect
-Committee hearings
-The President’s view
-Vietnam
-Blount’s view
-Primary election
-Potential opponents
-Blount’s view
-The President’s view
-Allen J. Ellender
-Age
-The President’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 607-10 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 37s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Alabama
-The President’s view
-George C. Wallace
-College football
-James B. Allen
-The President’s view
-Blount’s view
-J. Lister Hill
-Blount's possible activities
-Urbanization
-Birmingham
-Mobile
-Montgomery
-“Heart of Dixie”
-"Cradle of the Confederacy"
-Jefferson Davis
Blount
-Service with Administration
-The President’s view
-Letter of resignation
-Announcement
-Timing
-The President's forthcoming response
-Announcement
-Blount's political plans
-Sparkman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 607-10 (cont.)
President’s approval rating
-Forthcoming trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Economy
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:46 am.
Blount
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
Auburn University football team
-Ralph (“Shug”) Jordan
University of Alabama football team
-Paul W. (“Bear”) Bryant
Blount's wife
Blount and Butterfield left at 11:00 am.